NEW ORLEANS – McNeese beach volleyball finished its regular season at the NOLA Classic, falling to Tulane 4-1 and Southeastern 3-2. The Sandy Pokes close the regular season with a 12-17 record, 2-6 in Southland play.
 
McNeese and Tulane opened the day with the Green Wave claiming the first four matches. Jackie McGee and McKenzie Moore won the lone match after forcing three sets. The duo lost by eight in the first set before winning by seven in the second. They clinched the match victory 15-10 in the third set.
 
Tulane improved to 25-9 (3-2 CUSA) with the win, taking all four matches they'd played to that point including a 3-2 win over No. 18 Florida Atlantic.
 
The Cowgirls faced Southeastern for the third time this season, taking the No. 2 pair with Rylee Lansing and Kendall Osgood earning a two-set victory. The Lions claimed the No. 4 pair, tying things up at one each.
 
Against the Lions, the No. 1 pair went to Southeastern as McNeese tied it up again at two each with Bethanie Durant and McKenna Malone taking the No. 5 pair in two sets. The Lions clinched the dual win with a three-set No. 3 pair win.
 
Southeastern sits at 11-19 with one dual left to play in the tournament against Tarleton State.
 
McNeese will take a couple days of rest before traveling to the Southland Conference Championships to take on Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in the first round.
 
Tulane 4, McNeese 1
1 . Heintzelman, Emily/Cutler, McKenzie (Tulane) 2-0 Papazoglou, Stavroula/Russell, Reese (McN) 21-15, 21-11
2 . Trodd, Molly/Ensign, Skylar (Tulane) 2-0 Lansing, Rylee/Osgood, Kendall (McN) 21-9, 21-16
3 . McGee, Jackie/Moore, McKenzie (McN) 2-1 Hall, Sara/Green, Samantha (Tulane) 13-21, 21-14, 15-10
4 . Hall, Madison/Mann, Lauren (Tulane) 2-0 Durant, Bethanie/Malone, McKenna (McN) 21-14, 21-14
5 . Griffin-Ruwin, Kara/Hennessey, Alexandra (Tulane) 2-0 Chuong, Luciana/Tupper, Harlee (McN) 21-14, 21-14
*Bold indicates clinching point
 
Southeastern 3, McNeese 2
1 . McKinney, Mia/Logarbo, Alexis (SL) 2-0 Papazoglou, Stavroula/Russell, Reese (McN) 21-19, 21-9
2 . Lansing, Rylee/Osgood, Kendall (McN) 2-0 Paiva, Maggie/Hrubanova, Gabriela (SL) 21-15, 23-21
3 . Hicks, Makayla/Sauers, Mia (SL) 2-1 McGee, Jackie/Moore, McKenzie (McN) 21-16, 17-21, 15-10
4 . Steele, Kennedi/Lockwood, Ysabella (SL) 2-0 Chuong, Luciana/Tupper, Harlee (McN) 21-9, 21-9
5 . Durant, Bethanie/Malone, McKenna (McN) 2-0 Steele, Aspen/Brauckmiller, Anne (SL) 21-17, 21-13
*Bold indicates clinching point